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- Never mind the merchandising…
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- … Panic n ‘Nightmare’ Soundtrack – News Story |…
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Never mind the merchandising…
Independent – Aug 28, 2006
He told the London listings magazine Time ut: “Any self-respecting punk would have lobbed a brick through a Selfridges window 30 years ago. “Today though the sons and daughters – even grandchildren – of the original punks were pogoing to the sounds of The Slits among the Givenchy and Chloë. f course fashion always went hand in hand with the music and British punk was as much about Vivienne Westwood’s bondage trousers as it was about forming your own band. But when the upmarket underwear chain Agent Provocateur launches its own “Knickers to Punk” range – a T-shirt and mohair brief combo with oversized gold eyelets and hanging chains enhanced by a selection of “filthy phrases” surely it has gone too far. And what of Medicom’s Kubrick Sex Pistols set – a collection of 60mm plastic figurines of the notorious four-piece produced under license for Bravado Merchandising and costing $35?According to Malcolm McLaren who on Friday began a new three-part series for the BBC World Service entitled Close Up: The Real Story of Punk the seeds of the movement were sown at a particular moment in time. “Punks were provocative uncompromising kids who wanted the world to wake up” he recalls. “They were a generation sick of being ignored fed up with the post-war complacency hypocrisy emptiness and poverty all around them… But when the upmarket underwear chain Agent Provocateur launches its own “Knickers to Punk” range – a T-shirt and mohair brief combo with oversized gold eyelets and hanging chains enhanced by a selection of “filthy phrases” surely it has gone too far. And what of Medicom’s Kubrick Sex Pistols set – a collection of 60mm plastic figurines of the notorious four-piece produced under license for Bravado Merchandising and costing $35?According to Malcolm McLaren who on Friday began a new three-part series for the BBC World Service entitled Close Up: The Real Story of Punk the seeds of the movement were sown at a particular moment in time. “Punks were provocative uncompromising kids who wanted the world to wake up” he recalls. “They were a generation sick of being ignored fed up with the post-war complacency hypocrisy emptiness and poverty all around them. Weary of doing what their parents wanted them to. Tired of being isolated bored feeling disenfranchised all the time. ” Heady stuff – and surely at odds with the cosy world of Sunday newspapers and designer lingerie?The artist Caroline Coon is more sanguine: “The vanguard gets absorbed into the mainstream in history again and again but this does nothing to devalue the original.
This Just In – Medicine Show to play last Helios Show
Houstonist – Aug 28, 2006
“If you listen to us it’s like someone took the instruments and threw them down the stairs. The singing is more like screaming and there’s not a lot of attention to notes. Some of that is due to the punk influence of Lauder and McNeil. It’s not so much punk music but the punk attitude that fits unexpectedly well with this old-fashioned music. The action starts at 10:00 pm and ends when the cops show up. $5 at the door for 21 and up.
… Panic n ‘Nightmare’ Soundtrack – News Story |…
MTV.com – Aug 28, 2006
well that’s about it. Though it would eventually go on to gross a respectable $50 million at the box office the film struggled to connect with mainstream audiences and was regarded by execs at Disney as a bit of a flop — a grand goth-lite experiment in stop-motion animation that failed to live up to commercial expectations. But when the film was released the following year on VHS something amazing happened: “Nightmare” became massive spawning merchandise and a devoted cult following that included tons of goth kids their younger siblings basically every emo-punk band on the planet and a whole lot of decidedly un-emo acts too. So when Disney announced earlier this year that it planned to bring “Nightmare” back to the big screen — it arrives in select theaters ctober 20 in a fancy digital 3-D format — the logical decision was to reach out to some of those bands to supply music for the film. As it turns out a whole lot of them were more than happy to comply. Fall ut Boy Panic! at the Disco Marilyn Manson Fiona Apple and She Wants Revenge will all appear on a special two-disc edition of the “Nightmare” soundtrack contributing cover versions of songs featured in the film. The double-disc set will hit stores ctober 24… Though it would eventually go on to gross a respectable $50 million at the box office the film struggled to connect with mainstream audiences and was regarded by execs at Disney as a bit of a flop — a grand goth-lite experiment in stop-motion animation that failed to live up to commercial expectations. But when the film was released the following year on VHS something amazing happened: “Nightmare” became massive spawning merchandise and a devoted cult following that included tons of goth kids their younger siblings basically every emo-punk band on the planet and a whole lot of decidedly un-emo acts too. So when Disney announced earlier this year that it planned to bring “Nightmare” back to the big screen — it arrives in select theaters ctober 20 in a fancy digital 3-D format — the logical decision was to reach out to some of those bands to supply music for the film. As it turns out a whole lot of them were more than happy to comply. Fall ut Boy Panic! at the Disco Marilyn Manson Fiona Apple and She Wants Revenge will all appear on a special two-disc edition of the “Nightmare” soundtrack contributing cover versions of songs featured in the film. The double-disc set will hit stores ctober 24. “Disney approached our management about us doing a song” Fall ut bassist Pete Wentz told MTV News.
U. New Mexico: Live music draws crowds for U. New Mexico-area Fall…
Free with registration – America's Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 28, 2006
Sin Serenade a local country-punk band performed at the District Bar and Grill. Armijo said it was the fourth time Sin Serenade participated in the event. “It went very well” Armijo said. “We’ve been playing for a couple years and.
Meet the king of the carnival
Independent – Aug 28, 2006
“The reason I got involved with starting Kiss FM in the first place was to give untried aspirational young presenters like myself then the chance to broadcast” he says. “Back then the BBC was the antithesis of everything I was about. It was establishment and I was pirate post-punk and DIY. “Such illegal broadcasters still enrage radio executives but Jay says they should be allowed to exist. “Pirates still have a very important role giving a platform for kids to express themselves. Norman Jay owes his whole career to pirate radio – I couldn’t see the BBC giving me a job in 1982. ” Growing up a short distance from the BBC did he ever try? “No my education was such that you are never given any insight into that being a possibility… ” Growing up a short distance from the BBC did he ever try? “No my education was such that you are never given any insight into that being a possibility. You are conditioned to being a sportsman bricklayer milkman postman van driver. “The appeal of Norman Jay is his ability to convey through his music his deeply felt sense of optimism yet subtly reminding his audience that he knows his stuff. “I don’t have anything to prove so I’m very relaxed about it and have fun with it. I’m not under pressure and hopefully that comes across because I genuinely feel that way upbeat and optimistic. “Despite a diary that takes him all around the world he describes himself as a “British eccentric” and never ceases to remind his listeners of the attractions of his home town. “London is still the greatest city in the world when it comes to night life.